There is a mess outside the gate now, and there is no place to live in the gate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Xiao and Li Hongzhang finally reached a contract with the Four Nations Legations, and Chen Hai left the 1st Mercenary Division and part of the Shandong Naval Division fleet on Luzon Island, and returned to Tianjin by himself.

First robbed a pleasure in the Malay Peninsula, and then grabbed another pleasure in the Philippine Islands, two places, after a period of looting, it can be said that the mercenary army made a windfall, and the mercenaries were naturally well-fed, but the most well-fed was naturally Chen Hai.

Chen Hai pulled all the most valuable treasures, gold, silver and pounds onto the troop carrier, and carried them back in one go, three large troop carriers, one can imagine how valuable these things are.

Anyway, according to the lists handed to Guo Ye by Chen Hai, it can be seen that the things that were grabbed in the two places this time definitely exceeded 10 million pounds, that is to say, it was worth at least 70 million taels of silver, and this wealth was enough to top the financial income of Shandong for two years! You can completely replenish the consumption of Shandong this time!

However, everyone did not stay in Tianjin for long, and all returned to Beijing. After all, now that the Gyeonggi area has settled down and the Four-Nation Coalition has all retreated, it is time to turn its attention back to domestic affairs.

The Manchu court had retreated to Guanwai, but what was important now was the affairs of Guannei, and the situation in the provinces within Guanwai had to be stabilized in the shortest possible time before anything else could be discussed.

Beijing City, Guo Ye did not live in the Forbidden City, although this place is prosperous, but it is not his favorite place, so Guo Ye chose Prince Alcohol Mansion as his temporary residence.

Inside the huge living room of the palace.

The crowd sat in a circle.

"Ming Shuai, now that the order to the governors of the provinces has been issued, presumably most of the governors will see the situation clearly and express their ...... of submission."

Guo Songtao said in a deep voice.

Guo Ye sighed and said with a wry smile: "The only mistake is that Zeng Guofan was not able to stay, there is a Zeng Guofan, at least South China does not have to worry, but unfortunately, his mind is still on the hopeless imperial court......"

"Hehe, big brother, even if there is no old man Zeng, we can still calm down the whole of China, that old man Zeng, I always feel that he is a little hypocritical, the city is too deep, too difficult to deal with......"

Yan Chunyu suffered the loss of Zeng Guofan in Nanjing, and he was still a little resentful of this old gentleman.

Guo Ye glanced at Yan Chunyu and replied, "What do you know?" The whole of South China is the old department of the Hunan army, almost every bigwig has an inextricable connection with Zeng Guofan, if he is there, it can save us a lot of trouble, now without him, if you want to sort out the following things, how easy is it to talk? Gao Qi has returned to Shandong now, right? ”

Yan Chunyu nodded and replied: "I have already returned to Jinan, with the help of Li Junfeng, we will start to recruit troops again, and according to your orders, we will expand and merge 50,000 again, with our foundation in Shandong, one month is enough to build a new army." ”

"Good!"

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, order, Gao He will serve as the commander of the Fifth Division; Zhang Song served as the commander of the Sixth Division, Luo Bicheng served as the commander of the Seventh Division, and the elite was transferred from the three divisions to make the three divisions drill and form as soon as possible. ”

"Brother Qimou!"

He Qimou was stunned when he heard this, at this time, the brother actually ordered his own general?

He Qimou hurriedly responded: "Yezi, what's the matter?" ”

"Big brother, now that the imperial court has retreated outside the pass, the power is no longer to be feared, as for the pass, it is not a problem, there is our Lu army in the north, and it can't turn the sky, and there is Zuo Zongtang in the south, and it can also be deterred, the only thing we need to watch out for is Mongolia, if Mongolia and the court reach an agreement again, it will be a huge trouble for us, once we enter the pass, the Mongolian cavalry will raid the pass, we will encounter a huge threat, so this matter needs you to come out."

He Qimou's spirit was shocked, Guo Ye said well, although there are not many people in the Mongolian steppe, almost everyone can ride a horse and become a soldier at any time.

"Yezi, what do you mean to ask me to surrender?"

He Qimou asked.

"Big brother, the monk has a respected status and prestige in Mongolia, although the person has passed away, but the connections are still there, this time I will bother you to take Brother Boyan Namu to Mongolia, I will give you a battalion of cavalry, people are at your disposal, and you can use which one you want!"

He Qimou said with a smile: "This errand must be followed, but I have connections, and my brain is not enough, you can send me a competent person to help me, so let's give Chunping to me for a few months......"

Guo Ye smiled: "You kid is very good at picking people, that's it, since you believe him, let him act with you!" ”

He Qimou was overjoyed, Zhang Chunping, this guy is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, proficient in China and the West, but he is a generalist, and it is foolproof to be a staff officer for him.

Guo Ye continued: "This matter is also indispensable to open the way with money, among the booty captured from Xiaohai, I will allocate you 10,000 taels of gold, don't bring silver, you can bring 20,000 pounds, and some other treasures are also brought, and it is the best policy to give both grace and power!" ”

Yan Chunyu said with a smile: "Big brother, I think it is not only necessary to give both grace and power, but also to sow discord, we also have to give them some tricks, so that the Mongolian tribes and the Manchu court can't pee in the same pot, naturally it is foolproof." ”

"Haha,"

Guo Ye laughed and said: "See, I haven't waited for Chunping to give you a plan, Chunyu has come up with a good idea for you to sow discord, yes, Chunyu's brain is getting more and more alive, big brother, no matter how you toss, I only need one situation, that is, I must not ask Mongolia and the Manchus to form an alliance again, even if it is to remain neutral for the time being!" Buy us time, as long as the situation stabilizes, we can free up our hands and clean up Mongolia as much as we want, but at this time, we must stabilize the situation in Mongolia! ”

"Okay, Yezi, I don't need you to say it, I also know, no problem, the prestige of the monk king in the Mongolian tribes is almost unmatched, even in the outer Mongolian tribes have huge connections, following the monk king for so many years, I have long been familiar with the way! Leave it all to me! ”

(To be continued.) )